Italian Wedding Cakes recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
4 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon almond extract
1 pinch salt
½ cup melted shortening
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon almond extract
8 teaspoons water
2 tablespoons butter, melted

Nutrition Info

99.5 calories
carbohydrate: 16.7 g
cholesterol: 9.4 mg
fat: 3 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 1.4 g
saturatedFat: 1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 130.6 mg
sugar: 9.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Combine 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs and 1 cup milk. Add baking powder, 3 1/2 cups flour, and salt. Then add warmed, melted shortening and almond flavoring.

  3. Flour a cookie sheet (no grease) and drop cookie batter from a teaspoon onto sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes. Cookies will be cake-like. Be sure to bake them on center rack.

  4. To Make Frosting: Mix together confectioners' sugar, 1 tablespoon almond flavoring, water and 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Stir and frost cooled cookies.

Recipe Yield

4 dozen

Recipe Note

Frosted, cake-like cookies. To enjoy for special holidays I sprinkle on colored jimmies before the icing dries.

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